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B. R. BRILBS.

WASHING MACHINE.

No. 435,479. Patented Sept, 2, 1890.

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WASHING MAGHINB.

No. 435,479. Patented'Sept. 2, 1890.

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BENJAMIN RANDOLPH BRILES, OF CROTTY, KANSAS.

WASHING-MACHINE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 435,479, datedSeptember 2, 1890.

Application filed March 26, 1890. Serial No. 34:5,4OQ. (No model.)

'To all whom it may concern.-

, BRILES, a citizen of the United States, residing at Orotty, in thecounty of Coffey and State of Kansas, have invented a new and usefulWashing-Machine, of which the following is a specification.

This invention has relation to washing-machines, and among the objectsof the invention is to provide a machine exceedingly easy of operationand rapid and so constructed as to manipulate the clothes undergoing theoperation of washing in such a manner as to present all portions of thesame to the action of the water, which water is thrown in jets againstthe clothes and pressed therefrom.

A further object of the invention is to accomplish the above in such amanner as to avoid injury to the clothes, the manipulations being gentleand yet at the same time positive.

Vith the above main and other minor obj ects in View the inventionconsists 'in certain features of construction hereinafter specified, andparticularly pointed out in the claims.

Referring to the drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective of awashing-machine constructed in accordance with my invention. Fig. 2 is asimilar view of the opposite side of the machine, the covers removed.Fig. 3 is a vertical longitudinal section. Fig. 4 is a transversesection taken in front of the laterallymoving rubber. Fig. 5 is a detailin perspective of the longitudinally-movable rubber.

Like numerals of reference indicate like parts in all the figures of thedrawings.

The suds-box 1 is oblong and constructed after the usual manner, andprovided near one end and in the upper edges of its sides with bearings2. In the bearings2is mounted the power-shaft 3, provided at one endwith a small pinion 4, which engages and is operated by a ring-gear 5,which gear is provided with an operating -handle 6. The shaft is alsoprovided at about its centerwith a grooved eccentric 7, and dependingfrom the same and adapted to ride in the grooved periphery of saideccentric is a loose link 8, depending into the suds-box.

The opposite sides of the suds-box are provided near one end andslightly above the bottom with opposite longitudinal ways 9, and mountedin the same for longitudinal reciprocation is a movable bed 10. Themovable bed 10 is perforated, as at 11, and is slightly elevated abovethe bottom of the box, and is provided with forwardly-projecting ears12, in which there is pivoted a bed-section 13, likewise perforated, asat 11. From the opposite ends of the bed-section 13 there projects apairof upwardlydisposed L-shaped ears 15, the lower ends of the earsbeing piv-,

tical reciprocation of the rubbing-section,

and the latter being connected to the perforated beds will cause alongitudinal reciprocation of the same in their ways. Eyes 22 areprovided upon the rear face or side of the vertically-reciprocatingrubbing-section,

which eyes receive vertical guide-rods 23, secured to the end wall ofthe suds-box and to the bottom, so that said rubbing-section ismaintained in place during its vertical reciprocations and guided.

Near the opposite end of the suds-box and about midway between the upperand lower edges of the sides there is formed in said sides a pair ofbearings 26, journaled in which is a transversely-disposed shaft 27,said shaft being provided between the sides and within the box with acentrally-cranked portion 28, and at one end beyond the side wall of thebox with a cranked portion 29. The powershaft is provided at that endopposite to which is located the ring-gear with a flywheel 30, fromwhich projects a bearing-pin 31, said bearing-pin being connected to theouter crank of the shaft 27 by means of a connecting bar or rod 32. Theconnectingbar is preferably formed yielding, and in this instanceconsists of opposite sections 33, one of which is provided with aguide-pin 34, taking into the adjacent end of the opposite section, andthe two adjacent ends of the sections are connected in a yielding mannerby a coiled spring-coupling 35, so that it will be evident that theconnecting-rod is capable of expansion or contraction, for a purposehereinafter apparent.

Thelongitudinally-movable rubber consists of a rubbing-head 36, mountedtransversely in the suds-box and over the longitudinallyreciprocatingbed-section, which head is perforated at intervals and intermediate itslines of perforations, corrugated, as shown at 37. From the rear of thehead there projects a pair of parallel arms 38, which arms are providedwith notches 39, arranged in series,

those in one arm being opposite those in the other arm, said notchesbeing adapted to take over and serve as bearings for thecentrallycranked portion 28 of the shaft 27. The under side of eachoft-he arms and at each side of its notches is provided with a pair ofaligning eyes or staples 40, and in each pair of eyes or staples thereismounted a removable pin 41, which pins serve to lock the arms pivotallyupon the shaft 27.

The opposite sides of the box'at the working endthereof are providedwith a pair of opposite inclined grooves or ways 42, and in the samethere is slid a removable deflectingboard 43, inclined in such a manneras to de fleet the water thrown against the same back upon the clothes.

a A cross-bar 44 is extended across the'two sides of the box near itscenter, and at each side of the cross-bar there is mounted a removablecover-section t5.

A suitable quantity of water having been placed within the suds-box, aquantity of clothes or pieces to be washed are put in the rear end ofthe box in rear of the longitudinally-movable rubbing-surface, and a fewat a time are placed upon the movable bed. The machine, being started bymeans of revolving the ring-gear, the eccentric from the powershaftserves, as will be apparent, to vertically reciprocate the verticalrubbing-sections, and said section being pivoted to the front ends ofthe movable bed, said bed is longitudinallyreciprocatedwithin its ways.During its longitudinal reciprocation and the vertical reciprocation ofthe vertical rubbing-section it is apparent that the articles lying uponthe movable bed will be turned so as to present difierent portions tothe action of the water. This turning of the articles is caused by thelongitudinally-movable rubbing-section actuated by the crank-shaft,which, it will be observed, is reciprocated back and forth over the bed,forcing the clothes toward the vertically-movable rubber at the timethat said rubber is descending and the moviable bed traveling toward thehorizontallymovable rubbing-section. The water between the clothes isforced out through the various openings when the two rubbing-sectionsare near each other, and the articles are compressed between thesections, and when the horizontally-movable rubber moves to the rear thevertically-movable rubber travels in an upward direction, thus turningthe clothes, which fall back upon the movable bed to be againcaught,when the operation is repeated. In the agitations of the water bythe movements of the rubbers the same is directed upwardly against theinclined deflector, and by the same deflected or directed down upon theclothes as they are tumbled back upon the movable base. By reason of theyielding connection between the fly-wheel and the crank-shaft 27 it willbe apparent that the articles are compressed in a yielding manner by thetwo heads rubbing, 1

so that the water is not ejected or squeezed from the articles with an;immense force and suddenly, but in a gradual manner, thereby avoidinginjury to the articles.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim is- 1. In awashing-machine, the combination, with the suds-box having ways, of avertically-movable rubbing-head arranged in the ways, apower-shaftjournaled in the sides of the box, means for operating thesame, an eccentric mounted upon the shaft and having a peripheralgroove, and a link mounted in the groove and loosely connected at itslower end to the upper end of the head, substantially as specified.

2. In a washing-machine, the combination, with the suds-box havinghorizontal and ver tical ways, of a bed perforated and mounted in thehorizontal ways, and arubbing-head mounted in the vertical ways andpivotally connected at their adjacent ends, a powershaft journaled inthe sides of the box, a grooved eccentric mounted on the shaft, a linkembracing the eccentric and loosely con nected at its lower end to thehead, and means for operating the shaft, substantially as specified.

with the suds-box, horizontal and vertical ways mounted therein, ahorizontally-movable bed, and avertically-movable rubbingsection mountedupon theirrespective ways and loosely connected at their adjacent ends,of a horizontally-movable rubbing-head mounted upon the bed, and meansfor simultaneously operating the two heads and bed, substantially asspecified.

4. In a washing-machine, the combination, with the suds-box havinghorizontal and ver tical ways, of aperforated bed mounted upon thehorizontal ways, a perforated and ribbed rubbing-section mounted uponthe vertical ways, and perforated and ribbed horizontallymovable sectionmounted upon the bed-section, and means, substantially as specified, forsimultaneously reciprocating the bed and rubbing sections, substantiallyas specified.

5. In a washing-machine, the combination, with the suds-box having waysboth horizontally and vertically disposed, and opposite in- 3. In awashing-machine, the combination,

clined ways arranged above the vertical ways, of a bed mounted upon thehorizontal ways, a rubbing-section mounted in the vertical ways and aninclined deflector arranged above the rubbing-section, and means foroperating the bed and section, substantially as specified.

6. In a washing-machine, the combination, with the suds-box havinghorizontal and vertical ways, of ahorizontal bed mounted in thehorizontal ways, a Vertical rubbing-section mounted in the verticalways, a power-shaft and means for operating the same mounted in thesides of the box, an eccentric loosely connected with and adapted tooperate the vertical head, a crank-shaft journaled in the sides of thebox, a rubbing-section mounted on the bed and connected with the crankportion of the crank-shaft, a fiy-wheel mounted on the power-shaft, andaconnecting-rod connecting the fly-wheel with thecranked end of thecrank-shaft, substantially as specified.

7. In a washing-machine, the combination, with the suds-box havinghorizontal and vertical ways, of ahorizontal bed mounted in thehorizontal ways,. a vertical rubbing-section mounted in the verticalways, a power-shaft and means for operating the same mounted in thesides of the box, an eccentric loosely con= nected with and adapted tooperate thevertical head, a crank-shaft journaled in the sides of thebox, a rubbing-section mounted on the bed and connected with the crankportion of the crank-shaft, a fly-wheel mounted on the power-shaft, anda yielding connecting-rod connecting the fly-wheel with the cranked endof the crank-shaft, substantially as specified.

8. In a washing-machine, the combination, with the oblong suds-boxprovided with opposite horizontal ways slightly elevated above thebottom and with opposite vertical end ways, of a horizontally-movableperforated bed mounted on the horizontal Ways and provided withforwardly-projecting ears, a bedsection perforated and pivoted in thecars, a rubbing-head having corrugations and perforations, andguide-eyes mounted upon the vertical ways and provided with opposite L-'shaped straps pivoted at their lower ends to thebed-section,apower-shafthavinganeccentric the periphery of which isgrooved, a link loosely mounted in the groove and connected at its lowerend to the vertically-reciprocating head or rubbing-section, a pinionmounted on one end of the power-shaftandafiy-wheel on the other, aring-gear for' operating the pinion and provided with a handle, a shafthaving a central and side crank j ournaled in the sides of the suds-box,a rubbing-head mounted for longitudinal horizontal movement upon themovablebed and having rearwardly projecting arms loosely journaled uponthe central crank portion of the shaft, and a yielding connecting-rodconnecting the fly-wheel with the side crank of the shaft, substantiallyas specified.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto affixedmy signature in presence of two witnesses.

BENJAMIN RANDOLPH BRILES.

\Vitnesses:

WM, H. RUDRAUFF, F. GREGG.

